Software Recommendations

Izzy

10:51

Is there already some progress on integrating our core posts into the help/on-topic? Such things like "software ./. services" etc, to clearly show what we do not want here? I miss this information in the help center (wanted to link there for Has the ability to self publish on the Internet definitely shaped any software?, but it makes no sense if the info is not there.

Angelo Neuschitzer

13:12

If there are answers to closed questions do they still get reputation (and should it be like that?)

I'm asking because I think that bad questions get answers than we reward them, which I think is a bad idea. The answerer should be the first to decide if this question is bad and then not answer it.

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FEichinger

A question is not inherently bad just because it is closed.

That's why downvotes and close votes are separate.

Angelo Neuschitzer

@FEichinger Yes, I know. But most likely a question thats get closed and stays closed is bad.

Like this one that just got asked: softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/2288/memory-card-recovery-software-with‌out-format-memory-card

Braiam

isn't Mint.com a webapp?

Angelo Neuschitzer

@Braiam I think so

Braiam

then? softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/q/2273/226

Angelo Neuschitzer

13:17

The linked question is clearly weak and its closure was obvious. Still it was there long enough to gain two answers.

@Braiam First look: Should be reopened.

Izzy

@AngeloNeuschitzer Yes and yes. Even if the question is bad, the answer might still be good. Only for deleted answers not only there's no new rep, but "recent" rep is even removed.

Undo

16:00

Hey folks - what do ya'll think of this?

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Q: Alternative to RhodeCode

Up to now we have been using an old open source version of RhodeCode. We use it to manage our git repos. The new version of RhodeCode has a new license, which is ... I don't know what to call it. It is open source, but only limited to 20 users. I don't get it. We are less then 20 users, but a ...

I just reopened it - it's not too broad any more. I can see the duplicate, though.

If people want to vote for it to be closed as a dupe, go for it.

Fractaliste

Just wait the OP's answer about the possible duplicate

DanteTheEgregore

@Undo I still think it's a duplicate of softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/867/…

Undo

And I can see your reasoning.

@DanteTheEgregore Go ahead and vote for it to be closed as a dupe of that - your vote was the fifth vote on top of four too broad votes, and thus it got closed as too broad.

Nick Wilde

Sure were a whole bunch of new questions of questionable quality this morning (if you're in North American anyways)

(or South America for that matter)

Undo

That's how it is every morning :P

Nick Wilde

16:06

yesterday seemed a lot slower

Undo

yeah.

Every morning I wake up and think, "HALP!"

Then it slows down and I can actually catch up with what's happening

Hiya @Seth

aman207

Close votes have just been flying today

Seth

Oh hi :-)

Undo

Our activity makes me feel like we're a graduated site :P

Nick Wilde

@Undo I did have a question for someone like you (i.e. with more moderating/review queue experience)... For First Post review queue, if someone else has already commented do I just say 'fine' (which it isn't) or should I also comment and say 'done' (but it has already been commented on)

(hopefully that's clear)

DanteTheEgregore

16:08

Can't cast another vote on it yet.

Undo

@DanteTheEgregore Oh, huh. Well, I guess we'll have to let others do it.

Must be something like you can only vote once each way.

@NickWilde I tend to always vote on anything in the FP queue, although that's just me. That's enough to unlock the done button.

Nick Wilde

ah yes that makes sense as a good way

thanks

Undo

you're welcome.

And be generous with flags on low quality answers, too.

aman207

Do you have to select the done button? I always just say no action needed if someone already commented

Undo

no action needed works too, yeah.

But voting is always, always, always good.

Nick Wilde

16:11

okay - I've always been a low flag user - going on the basis of comment and only flag if it has been 24 hours+ with no update

Undo

@NickWilde Which is a decent way to do it, as long as you can keep track of it.

Nick Wilde

normally it is resolved by then so I figure some people are going to be upset by being flagged and why upset em

not that I'm worried about making people annoyed with me more that I don't want the first experience to be aaah I got a flag this community is nasty I'll go somewhere else

which they shouldn't say but some people may

Undo

@NickWilde Just so you know, the flagged user can't see flags on their posts.

aman207

I was just going to say...

Undo

Only mods and in some cases 2k users.

Nick Wilde

16:14

oh really... huh I didn't know I thought they could

I'm sure I've seen some questions saying flag(NUM)

oh but thats only been here I think which would mean nothing since I've been the equivalent of a 2k user on a graduated site

in that case I'll save myself the going back sometimes and just flag em

Undo

yeah, that's a good way ;)

aman207

What happens if the question asks for suggestions for a web app or windows software? Tag them as both?

Undo

@aman207 IMO yes.

aman207

Alrighty

Izzy

16:47

@Undo Ploink! I am one of the others, yeah. Not to confuse with the Others (Night Watch), though :)

@Undo Yeah! "I see dead people..." #D

3ventic

21:03

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Q: IRC client for very popular channels

I find myself watching streams with huge amounts of viewers (30k+) and joining the chat makes my IRC client (Hexchat) freeze and/or crash at times as it tries to list all the users and keep up with joins and leaves. I'm looking for a client that Requirements supports Windows 7 and 8 can cope w...

windows irc

My first crack at a question..

Seth

hmm.

@3ventic tried xchat?

Seems to do just about everything you want.

3ventic

pretty sure xchat became hexchat which is what I'm using now

> HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.

Seth

that's silly, since xchat has always been free for both windows and unix systems.

3ventic

idk about that

Seth

never had xchat freeze on me though, but i'm not much of an irc guy.

3ventic

21:14

I just saw that xchat's last update was in 2010 and hexchat's was way more recently so I chose that one

It's not every day you run into a channel with 30 000 users speaking

Seth

wow. nope.

3ventic

well, two 30k-user channels actually

I can read the channel fine by tail ing my bouncer logs, but being on the channel is proving difficult

Neil Fein

21:47

Hello! Would this site be willing to take a software recommendation from Writers? We currently have it on hold, but I think it would fit here.

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Q: What is the best way to make iPad-mini friendly PDF file?

I have some content and want to publish them periodically in iPad(and mini) optimized PDF format. The content has little images and some codes. The image layout is simple, but the programming code syntax highlight maybe a problem. Hacker Monthly has an iPad-optimized version. I want to achieve ...

formatting self-publishing

Neil Fein

22:16

Anyone? If I don't hear anything to the contrary, will send it over.

Gilles

@NeilFein I commented on the question

it's not bad but a bit incomplete

Neil Fein

Okay, thanks. If the user edits with that in mind, will send it over.

gparyani

23:12

@Gilles You say that you've been through account deletion and undeletion.

@Gilles How did you get your account undeleted?

Gilles

@gparyani dafuq?

Oh, are you confusing me with kalina?

I think we're both feeling insulted now

3ventic

lol

Gilles

AFAIK she deleted her account. Then she decided she wanted it back and whined loudly until the SE devs changed ownership of her old posts to her new account.

she might word it differently of course

gparyani

@Gilles Oh wait, I think that I confused you with another user, bit it was not kalina.

I know that there was a guy who was nominated to become a mod pro tem who said he's "been through account deletion and undeletion". Who was that?

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Q: Nominate temporary moderators for this site here

Update: At least some of the provisional moderators have now been appointed. For more information, see here: Pro Tem Moderators... Activate How do you become a provisional moderator for this site? Soon after the site launches into "public beta," the Community Team will appoint provisional m...

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Gilles

@gparyani that's kalina aka Flyk

gparyani

23:18

@Gilles She was never nominated. I'm telling you, it wasn't her!

Gilles

@gparyani and I'm telling you, it is her, but she goes by Flyk on some sites including SR

her nomination is on that thread, you can't see it because she deleted it

gparyani

@Gilles Post a screenshot, you're a mod

Gilles

Flyk, Earth

1.5k 1 7 25

linux windows gratis game android audio music-production

gparyani

@Gilles Or better yet, undelete it just for a moment.

Gilles

^^^^ that's her profile on SR

gparyani

23:21

@Gilles ...and then delete it again after 5 minutes or so.

Gilles

and here's her profile on Gaming:

kalina, Earth

35.7k 42 166 284

world-of-warcraft diablo-3 guild-wars-2 steam eve-online simcity payday-2

@gparyani I don't like to delete a self-deleted post, it's her choice

gparyani

@Gilles Yes, but I'd like to see her answer, and also how exactly she got her account undeleted

@Gilles Then post a screenshot and then remove it after a couple of minutes

Gilles

of course it might still be in a cache somewhere (Google, webarchive...). That's a risk she takes.

@gparyani she didn't specify

gparyani

@Gilles I would like to talk to her

Gilles

@gparyani I haven't seen her recently, but she's usually active in chat

Gaming is her most active site so you could try the chat there

FEichinger

23:23

She's keeping it low recently.

gparyani

@Gilles I'm being forced to delete my account for reasons I don't want to disclose, and I'd like to undelete it after a while, so I want to know how she undeleted it

FEichinger

Hasn't really been active in chat in a while either.

Gilles

@gparyani you should contact SE then

FEichinger

@gparyani The tl;dr is, she contacted SE about it.

That said, I'm not sure what you intend to achieve by deleting and subsequently undeleting your account.

gparyani

@Gilles They wouldn't tell me; they'll just say that it's irreversible over and over again

3ventic

23:24

Contacting SE about the situation is probably the best idea and something you'll end up having to do anyway.

FEichinger

That's a lot of work for SE, you will lose a lot of data and they can always say "No.".

Frankly, if you already go into this planning to get your account undeleted, you're on the wrong path right there.

gparyani

@Gilles That's why I want to talk to her :|

Gilles

@gparyani keep in mind that everything you write here is indexed by Google (with crappy SEO, but still)

3ventic

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Q: I probably shouldn't have deleted my account, how can I get it back?

I was pretty upset the other day, and requested that my account be removed. I filled out the form and didn't cancel the deletion within 24 hours of it being scheduled. Now, I'm a little sick that I've done this, I acted in what I feel is haste, and I'd like to get my account back. I read in a f...

support faq-proposed deleted-accounts

gparyani

@Gilles Did she request undeletion before the 24-hour grace period was put into effect?

@3ventic Thanks for the info.

Gilles

23:28

@gparyani no, the grace period didn't exist at the time, it's fairly new

gparyani

@Gilles I said before

FEichinger

Her account deletion was way back last year, her account was reinstated 7 months ago.

Now, for the love of God, can we drop this subject? It's not constructive, and the more this goes on, the more I suspect a very weird motivation on your end.

3ventic

I'm pretty sure that meta post is all there is to this.

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